Remus Anghel

Remus Anghel (Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Cluj)

February, March 2011

Remus Gabriel Anghel is researcher at the Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Cluj, and postdoctoral fellow at the Romanian Academy, Cluj Branch. In 2009 he completed his PhD in sociology at the University of Bielefeld, Germany. He currently works on a book project entitled “Transnationalism and Social Prestige. Dilemmas of Multiple Belongings among migrants from Romania in Nuremberg and Milan”. It looks at how migrants’ multiple belongings generate inconsistencies between their positions at home and abroad, and their sense of social prestige. He conducted research in Romania, Italy and Germany on various topics such as irregular migration, ethnic migration, and migrants’ transnationalism. He is currently involved in a research project on ethnic migration and citizenship practices in the case of Romania’s ethnic minorities.